Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Many of them say they 'd like rather more variety . |
2 | He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’ |
3 | ‘ I regret I must leave you at the door , Lady Isabel . |
4 | I regret I can shed little new light on the mystery of who blew the whistle on the celebrated dressing-room scene after Woodfull was hit . |
5 | I declare she 'll outshine every woman in London and make you the envy of every man who meets her . |
6 | I mean nothing could catch my imagination fantasy . |
7 | Well what do you know the guy that sings What Becomes of a Broken Heart I mean nobody can find him . |
8 | If you think that individual people have a big role in history , like and Woodrow Wilson , I doubt if he did , I mean everybody would admit that these were important figures obviously , but the question is , how important were they , compared with social , political and economic factors , possibly beyond their control ? |
9 | I mean everybody can get a twenty six ! |
10 | Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting . |
11 | I think if , if they adopted a policy of erm of struggle last time , I mean they would get to land reform indirectly but I do n't think you can erm initiate it from the Party as such like because that causes all sorts of problems through definitions and things like that but |
12 | erm now what then is the position what is the nature of the criticism or the claims being made by the group of palaeontologists whom I 'm going to refer to , for reasons that will become apparent , as the punctuations — because I mean they would call themselves punctuations . |
13 | I mean they 'll do nothing about sex , they 'll just do all about morals , wo n't they , and decent , respectable people I 'd say and biology 's just cold and clinical . |
14 | yeah well I mean they 'll want to and they 've got |
15 | I mean they 'll go to a concert and make judgments about what they hear quite happily … they come back and moan , ‘ We ca n't judge composition , how do we know what criteria to use ? ’ |
16 | I mean they 'll knit this Arran and . |
17 | Well they 're some of the best in the land , greyhound punters , I mean they 'll come they like their greyhound racing , real erm diehard people and erm they 'll come in any weather , I mean , the other Thursday when we really had a load of snow down , I mean no-one would come , you would n't even get off your couch for that , but erm we still had three hundred people attend which was erm even though as I say , we lost money on the erm meeting . |
18 | The other , the other weakness it possibly turned up is that , my experience is that , unless something bad there , the press do n't really want to do anything about it , if you 're just trying to sell your wares and say how good you are , and then hide a bit behind , I mean they 'll turn around anyway the circle , must be something . |
19 | Where yo where you are I mean they 'll have nothing . |
20 | I think that 's where they meet , I mean they may come from all the place but it 's the Judges Guild and I 'm due to speak to them tomorrow night . |
21 | Oh well I mean they may have been adjourned or a |
22 | So tha tha at that time , I mean they might get as much as three pound for mooring one ship up . |
23 | I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing . |
24 | I mean they used to provide the advisor to various secretaries of state I think did n't they ? |
25 | Ah I mean they will soften anyway and they are comfortable it 's just that the sides are a bit rigid at the moment but then they 're bound to be and they will give . |
26 | Yeah , but I mean they will make progress , I mean this colony |
27 | I mean they can go on the ferry . |
28 | I mean they can wear if you think about it they wear suits in the middle of summer where we 're into sleeveless linen dresses . |
29 | because men feel cold more , I mean they can wear , if you think about it they were suits in the middle of summer where were into sleeveless |
30 | That 's it , I mean they can live on |